Major ponders cabinet as Kinnock set to quit April 11 1992: The Conservatives' victory against the odds in Thursday's general election left John Major preparing an "imaginative" cabinet reshuffle last night and his defeated rival, Neil Kinnock, poised to stand down from the Labour leadership after nine gruelling years.

Emotional Kinnock is defiantApril 10 1992: Neil Kinnock last night refused to concede defeat following his re-election in Islwyn, claiming 'the battle is not yet over and the night is still young'.

Tories win fourth termApril 10 1992: The Conservatives steadily clawed their way back towards power with a small but workable majority early today as a late surge cut the expected swing to Labour and confirmed John Major's hopes of a fourth Tory term.

Punch drunk on optimism and the perksApril 9 1992: John Major spent his last day on the campaign trail, as he has spent the last 30 days - insisting he was not a loser, says Andrew Rawnsley.